Tick Creek
Tick Creek is a tributary of the Gasconade River in northwestern Phelps County in the Ozarks of Missouri.
The stream headwaters are approximately four miles west of Rolla at. The stream flows west passing north of Doolittle then turns north and on to its confluence with the Gasconade on the Phelps-Maries county line at.
Tick Creek most likely was so named due to the reported abundance of ticks in the area.